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Rule page.h1.missing

Add a single descriptive <h1>

page.h1.missing is a check in Crawlmind's site audit that grades medium-impact issues of this kind. This page explains why the rule matters and the exact fix.

Impact: mediumEffort: lowFixable: 1-click

Why it matters

The H1 is the strongest in-page semantic signal for both search engines and AI crawlers: it tells them the topic of the page in one line. A missing H1 forces both to guess from the title, H2s, or first paragraph, usually worse than the H1 you would have written.

The fix

```html
<h1>Topic of this page in 5–10 words</h1>
```

The H1 should match the page intent: not the brand name, not a slogan.

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